On Fri, 3 Nov 2023 00:10:48 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jver...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> - Add linker note about packed structs. > - Relax language a bit to avoid implying that only listed layouts are > supported. src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/Linker.java line 247: > 245: * </ul> > 246: * > 247: * Linker implementations may optionally support additional layouts, > such as 'packed' struct layouts. Optional: should we say what a packed struct layout is? E.g. make `packed` italic. Then follow up with a sentence like: a packed struct is a struct in which there is at least one member layouts L whose offsets does not respect L's natural alignment: <example> ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16485#discussion_r1381806211
